Jose Mathews Kannamplal Poems

There is a Rose in front of my country cottage


In that early lovely solemn dewy dawn,
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The Birds and The Beach

I Claim no special inspiration, yet there is something bubbling, inspiring in me
Therefore took patience and endurance to sit down on that stirring shoreline
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A Stream to Cross
But the Bridge to cross that unreposing stream is the cross
There is fierce brook of trouble for me to boldly cross
I am confused quivering and standing at its fearsome way
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A True Friend
Oh! In this selfish world, to tightly hold,
Can we find a friend, faithful and bold
To be a comrade in your daily conflict
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If winter arrives can spring be far behind.

What is the reason and meaning of Struggling?
Is there an end to man's striving and struggle?
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In Your Winch

Oh I feel the pinch yes indeed the pinch
Within, my heart to soul inch by inch,
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Take time to be holy


Take time and dare to be Holy
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Devil's Booth
In Devil's booth all may seem dazzling pure gold,
What we are paying for is our dear life I am told,
Never hesitate to say no, therefore really be bold,
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Toll of Time

Tide will try its embowered pride, and time will take its toll,
With men or women, boy or girl, sure it never leaves at all,
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Jacob at Peniel.

Jacob at Peniel is just always remembered for his crippling divine touch,
God has spelled indeed a painful end to the supplanter's deceiving pouch,
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